On Wednesday, Brazil’s first female President, Dilma Rousseff was removed from office by an impeachment vote by 61 Senate members with the remaining 20 senators opposing the motion. The hearing lasted six days but the events that led up to this impeachment have built in the last ten months. Former President Rousseff had been accused... Read More

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February 23, 2013

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‘Hair’ she is: Jonathan hosts Brazil’s president in Abuja

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday for talks that were expected to focus on boosting trade, notably in the energy sector. Oil-rich Nigeria is Brazil’s main commercial partner in Africa, with bilateral trade soaring 500 percent from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $9 billion last year. Brazil’s... Read More

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August 23, 2012

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The Boss Ladies: Merkel, Okonjo-Iweala, Sirleaf make Forbes Most Powerful Women List

by Stanley Azuakola Influential magazine, Forbes, has released its annual list of 100 most powerful women in the world for 2012. Nigeria has a single representative on the list in the person of minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Okonjo-Iweala, who was listed as number 81, was only one of three African women who made the... Read More

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June 21, 2012

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Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours: Brazillian president to lead trade delegation to Nigeria

by Tolu Orekoya The presidential meeting between Goodluck Jonathan and Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff bore tentative fruit as Rousseff agreed to visit Nigeria before the year runs out. In the meeting held on Wednesday June 20, Rousseff noted that as the 6th largest economy in the world (they recently overtook the United Kingdom to claim that title), Brazil has... Read More

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